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The Blue Mask, 1982
Written by Lou Reed
A first-person account of days filled with alcoholism, blacking out, and the DTs. Reed rattles off images of having the shakes, bruises of unknown provenance, and suicidal thoughts, all the while sounding positively chipper ("Ooh ooh whee, son of a B / You get so down, you can't get any lower." I love that "son of a B!" There's no chorus, no flashy guitar solos, just a straightforward account of desperation, with guitar.
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